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    • Ambergate [book review]

    • Ambergate [book review]

    • Orphans--Juvenile fiction; Books--Reviews;

    • Elliott, Patricia. Ambergate. Little, Brown, 2007. ISBN 9780316010603. $16.99. 390 p. Reviewer: Reynolds, Kate Reading Level: Young adult Rating: Significant shortcomings Genre: Fantasy; Subject: Orphans--Juvenile fiction; Books--Reviews; Orphan...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Babylonne

    • Babylonne

    • War--Juvenile fiction; Orphans--Juvenile fiction; Middle Ages--Juvenile fiction; Books--Reviews;

    • Babylonne has had enough of her abusive family. Everyday her aunts tell her how sinful and evil she is because she was conceived through fornication. So in the summer of 1227, Babylonne decides to run away to seek acceptance and work from the...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Count Karlstein [book review]

    • Count Karlstein [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Orphans--Juvenile fiction; Uncles--Juvenile fiction; Switzerland--Juvenile fiction;

    • Pullman, Philip. Count Karlstein. Illustrated by Diana Bryan. Knopf, 1998. ISBN 0-679-89255-9. $18.99. 243 pp. A 6-9 FI Reviewed by Rachel Wadham In nineteenth-century Switzerland, the evil Count Karlstein plans to sacrifice his two young nieces,...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Court duel [book review]

    • Court duel [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Teenage girls--Juvenile fiction; Orphans--Juvenile fiction; Determination (Personality trait)--Juvenile fiction; Brothers and sisters--Juvenile fiction; Trust--Juvenile fiction;

    • Smith, Sherwood. Court Duel. Harcourt Brace, 1998. ISBN 0-15-201609-0. $18.00. 245 pp. A 9+ FI Reviewed by Leah Hanson Young countess Meliara is enjoying the seeming quiet of rebuilding her family's estate after having spent an awful year...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Crown duel [book review]

    • Crown duel [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Wishes--Juvenile fiction; Brothers and sisters--Juvenile fiction; Promises--Juvenile fiction; Orphans--Juvenile fiction; Determination (Personality trait)--Juvenile fiction;

    • Smith, Sherwood. Crown Duel: Book 1 of the Crown and Court Duet. Harcourt Brace, 1997. ISBN 0-15-201608-2. $17.00. 214 pp. A 4-12 FI Reviewed by Lillian H. Heil Sherwood Smith's Crown Duel is the fast- moving action story of fiery young Countess...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Dave at night [book review]

    • Dave at night [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Orphans--Juvenile fiction; Abused children--Juvenile fiction; Social acceptance--Juvenile fiction; Jews--New York (State)--New York--Juvenile fiction; Jews--Juvenile fiction; Harlem Renaissance--Juvenile fiction; African...

    • Levine, Gail Carson. Dave at Night. HarperCollins, 1999. ISBN 0-060-28153-7. $15.95. 281 pp.” 5-7 FI Reviewed by Laura Wadley When Dave's father is killed, Dave and his brother are left in the care of a stepmother who declines the...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Dial-a-Ghost [book review]

    • Dial-a-Ghost [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Ghosts--Juvenile fiction; Orphans--Juvenile fiction; England--Juvenile fiction;

    • Ibbotson, Eva. Dial-a-Ghost. Dutton, 2001. ISBN 0525466932. $15.99. 195 pp. A 4-6 FI Reviewed by Laura Wadley The Wilkinsons, a family of ghosts, are forced to haunt a knickers (underwear) shop until they encounter Dial-a-Ghost, an agency created...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Disappearing act [book review]

    • Disappearing act [book review]

    • Brothers and Sisters--Juvenile fiction; Orphans--Juvenile fiction; Stalking--Juvenile fiction;

    • Fleischman, Sid. Disappearing Act. Greenwillow Books, 2003. ISBN 0060519630. $16.89. 133 pp. Reviewer: Margaret Manchak Reading Level: Intermediate; Young adult; Rating: Dependable; Genre: Contemporary realistic fiction; Subject: Brothers and...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Enchanted glass [book review]

    • Enchanted glass [book review]

    • Orphans--Juvenile fiction; Magic--Juvenile fiction; England--Juvenile fiction; Books--Reviews;

    • Jones, Diana Wynne. Enchanted Glass. HarperCollins, 2010. ISBN 9780061866845. $16.99. 292 p. Reviewer: Tessa McMillan Reading Level: Intermediate, Young adult Rating: Dependable Genre: Fiction; Fantasy fiction; Subject: Orphans--Juvenile fiction;...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Finding Hattie [book review]

    • Finding Hattie [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Individuality--Juvenile fiction; Social acceptance--Juvenile fiction; Boarding schools--Juvenile fiction; Schools--Juvenile fiction; Orphans--Juvenile fiction; Cousins--Juvenile fiction; Girls--Juvenile fiction; Tarrytown...

    • Warner, Sally. Finding Hattie. HarperCollins, 2001. ISBN 0-06-028464-1. $15.89. 227 pp. A 5+ FI Reviewed by Mary Chapman Set in New York in the 1880’s, Finding Harriet is the story of Harriet Knowlton (called Hattie). By age fourteen, Hattie had...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Gathering Blue [book review]

    • Gathering Blue [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Orphans--Juvenile fiction; Determination (Personality trait) in children--Juvenile fiction;

    • Lowry, Lois. Gathering Blue. Houghton Mifflin, 2000. ISBN 0-618-05581-9. $15.00. 215 pp.”* 4-7 FI Reviewed by Lanell Rabner “Mother?” There was no reply. She hadn’t expected one. Her mother had been dead now for four days, and Kira could...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Girlhearts [book review]

    • Girlhearts [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Grief in adolescence--Juvenile fiction; Orphans--Juvenile fiction; Teenagers and death--Juvenile fiction; Death--Juvenile fiction; Mothers and daughters--Juvenile fiction; Problem families--Juvenile fiction;

    • Mazer, Norma Fox. Girlhearts. HarperCollins, 2001. ISBN 0-688-06866-9. $15.89. 210 pp. A 5+ FI Reviewed by Janet Francis When Sarabeth’s mother dies without warning, she is left in an almost indescribable loneliness, an “alone without an...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Gratefully Yours [book review]

    • Gratefully Yours [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Orphans--Juvenile fiction; Orphan trains--Juvenile fiction; Farm life--Nebraska--Juvenile fiction; Farm life--Juvenile fiction; Death--Juvenile fiction; Grief--Juvenile fiction; Gratitude in children--Juvenile fiction;...

    • Buchanan, Jane. Gratefully Yours. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1997. ISBN 0-374-32775-0. $15.00. 117 pp. B 3-5 FI Reviewed by Wendy Bishop More than 150,000 abandoned city children rode “orphan trains” between 1854 and 1929. These trains stopped in...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Gypsy Rizka [book review]

    • Gypsy Rizka [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Gypsies--Juvenile fiction; Orphans--Juvenile fiction; Determination (Personality trait) in children--Juvenile fiction; Determination (Personality trait)--Juvenile fiction; Friendship--Juvenile fiction; City and town life--Juvenile...

    • Alexander, Lloyd. Gypsy Rizka. Dutton, 1999. ISBN 0-525-46121-3. $16.99. 195 pp. A 4+ FI Reviewed by Gabi Kupitz Rizka, a young motherless gypsy girl, awaits the return of her wandering father. Rizka and her cat, Petzel, fend for themselves in...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Heaven Eyes [book review]

    • Heaven Eyes [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Orphans--Juvenile fiction; Runaway children--Juvenile fiction; Friendship in children--Juvenile fiction; Best friends--Juvenile fiction; Individuality--Juvenile fiction; Grandfathers--Juvenile fiction; Rivers--Juvenile fiction;...

    • Almond, David. Heaven Eyes. Delacorte, 2000. ISBN 0-385-32770-6. $15.95. 233 pp. B+ 4+ FI Reviewed by Kathe C. Homer Three orphans, January, Erin, and Mouse, escape from their orphanage and travel down the river on a makeshift raft. They become...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Holding up the earth [book review]

    • Holding up the earth [book review]

    • Farm life--Nebraska--Juvenile fiction; Farm life--Juvenile fiction; Frontier and pioneer life--Nebraska--Juvenile fiction; Frontier and pioneer life--Juvenile fiction; Foster home care--Juvenile fiction; Mothers and daughters--Juvenile fiction;...

    • Gray, Dianne E. Holding Up the Earth. Houghton Mifflin, 2000. ISBN 0-618-00703-2. $15.00. 210 pp. A 4-8 FI Reviewed by Donna J. Jorgensen Fourteen-year-old Hope has been in foster care most of her life. She carries her few valuable possessions in a...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Lumina : a story for the dark time of the year [book review]

    • Lumina : a story for the dark time of the year [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Orphans--Juvenile fiction; Lanterns--Juvenile fiction; Homeless children--Juvenile fiction; Wolves--Juvenile fiction; Owls--Juvenile fiction; Helping behavior--Juvenile fiction; Sharing--Juvenile fiction; Sharing--Juvenile fiction;

    • Weninger, Brigitte. Lumina: A Story for the Dark Time of the Year. Illustrated by Julie Wintz- Litty. North-South, 1997. ISBN 1-55858-790-X. $15.95. 32 pp. A All PB Reviewed by Gabi Kupitz Little Lumina has lost both parents and is a homeless...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Me and Billy [book review]

    • Me and Billy [book review]

    • Swindlers and Swindling--Juvenile fiction; Orphans--Juvenile fiction; Friendship--Juvenile fiction; Books--Reviews;

    • Collier, James Lincoln. Me and Billy. Marshall Cavendish, 2004. ISBN 0761451740. $15.95. 185 pp. Reviewer: Lillian H. Heil Reading Level: Intermediate Rating: Excellent Genre: Adventure; Historic Fiction; Subject: Swindlers and Swindling--Juvenile...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Meet the Austins [book review]

    • Meet the Austins [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Family--Juvenile fiction; Orphans--Juvenile fiction;

    • L'Engle, Madeleine. Meet the Austins. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1997. ISBN 0-374-34929-0. $16.00. 216 pp. B 4-7 FI Reviewed by Janet O. Francis Meet the Austins does exactly what the title promises. The reader becomes intimately acquainted with a...
    • Children's Book and Play Review

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